RE: CULT:Increase

Walta',
You are probably right about the tag and to tell the truth I considered
CULT, but, since what we were really talking about was an interpretation of
a rule in the judges handbook and not the actual culture of the iris I chose
SHOW thinking it would be closer to the judging part (garden judging in this
case) than a question of culture. AIS might even have been more accurate.
So, you think that they should be counted at or before bloom time? I'll go
for that. Do it now and you might miss some that haven't cropped up yet, do
it at dig time and you might be picking up babies that will be next years
increase.
Dana Brown
Malevil Gardens
Pres. South Plains Iris Society
AIS Region 17, MIS, ASI, RIS, TBIS
Lubbock, TX USA
Zone 7 USDA, Zone 10 Sunset
mailto:ddbro@llano.net
-----Original Message-----
From: wmoores [mailto:wmoores@watervalley.net]
Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 12:52 PM
To: iris-talk@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [iris-talk] CULT:Increase
I don't want to sound picky, but isn't the 3 to 5 increase 'rule of
thumb' better discussed under culture? At a show, there is just the
one stalk, and you cannot tell anything about the clump. This
paragraph is under Garden Judging.
The counting of the rhizomes should occur in early spring before you
see any bloomstalks, I would think. But, since this paragraph in the
JT handbook also discusses a 15 point deduction for lack of vigor, it
would stand to reason that the increase is being counted at the time
the iris clump is judged during bloom season in the garden.
Many newer varieties come with the 3 to 5 increases already built in.
You need to wait two or three years before you really decide on the
vigor because some of these rhizomes showing increase already may not
take to your climate and that increase never matures into a fan.
When I had an extensive sales list, I used to count the rhizomes in
early spring in order to make the list. It was always aggravating to
list something, then have it bloom out, or nearly so, for you.
Walter Moores
Enid Lake, MS USA 7/8
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